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Shiva Panchakshari Stotram is a very popular prayer
dedicated to Hindu God Shiva. The text of the mantra in Hindi is given below.
The lyrics of the Stotram are in jpeg (picture format). You can save it for
personal use.
Chanting of Shiva Panchakshari Stotram is highly
meritorious. It helps a person to achieve peace and prosperity. It is also an
ideal mantra to keep focus of mind.
Shiva Panchakshari Stotram Text in Hindi:

Bheem was the second of Pandavas. His mother was Kunti. Who
is the father of Bheem in the Mahabharat is
explained below in the story. She was married to Pandu. But Pandu could not
have sexual union with Kunti because of a curse. Kunti due to her service to
Sage Durvasa had got a boon that she will be able to summon a god and have
children in him. Pandu requested Kunti to make use of the boon. Thus Bhima was
born when Kunti summoned Vayu, the wind god in Hinduism. Vayu blessed her with Bhima.
But as per social custom that was followed at the time of
Mahabharata, Pandu is the father of Bhima.

The actual experience of pure Self comes from Self
Revelation. The truth reveals itself to the knower, and when this happens the
knower becomes a rishi (a seer). It is not that the Rishi sees the truth but that
the truth shows itself to the Rishi, thus transforming the blessed aspirant
into a “seer”. Rather than being illuminated by the mind or the intellect,
truth dawns.

The study of scriptures helps sharpen the intellect and
keeps us from becoming complacent about our present level of understanding.
Logic and reasoning are a function of the intellect, which is a fine instrument
for gaining secondhand knowledge. So you must train your intellect in order to
read and understand the maps of spirituality that the sages have drawn, maps
that are based on their direct experience.
These maps are called the scriptures, and by following them
you can safely and confidently treat the path and one day reach the goal and
see directly. This is called revelation.
Reasoning can overcome doubt, but …